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Harrelson fires half the secretaries, most of whom have just been hired. Jack suggests to his father that firing people may not be the best way to make the team better, but Chadwick Harrelson is furious and is not willing to listen much. Jack wonders how a man with such a temper managed to become so rich in the first place.

After the game, Jack calls around with trade offers. By the end of the next day (a day off for Brooklyn), he hammers out a quick one with the Yankees: Johnny Roseboro – no longer important now that Smoky Burgess is on the team – in exchange for right hander Ryne Duren. Duren has been a mediocre starter for the Yankees. His control problems have hurt him a lot. Jack hopes he will have more success with the Robins. The disappointing Don Drysdale is sent down to the minors and Randy Jackson is called up to replace Roseboro on the roster.